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HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI certainly join the hon. Gentleman in commending Liverpool and Spurs for their excellent results. It is great to see an all-English final. I hope that football clubs and managers…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to my hon. Friend for putting forward the good side of some of the work done by football clubs in collaboration with other football leagues. I will certainly take…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseFirst, I absolutely join the hon. Gentleman in celebrating Europe Day. European nations are our friends and neighbours and we have a strong and long-term relationship with them.…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI share my hon. Friend’s delight at the dramatically lower rate of cervical cancer as a result of vaccination. She will be aware that we had a debate last week on immunisation…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am well aware of the concern of many Members when there are bank branch closures in their constituencies; it is an issue for many people. The hon. Gentleman will also appreciate…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman started off by saying something about a change in Government policy that I did not fully follow. However, I draw his attention to Treasury questions on 21 May,…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseAs my hon. Friend knows, we are committed to ensuring that there is a fair balance between farming and climate change, which is why mitigating climate change is explicitly listed…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady is raising a very serious constituency issue. As ever, I will be happy to raise that particular case if she writes to me after business questions. However, I have to…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI commend the hon. Lady for raising Scott’s story and I pay tribute to him and his family. It is just the most terrible thing when anyone takes their own life. I can tell her—I…09 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI regularly meet the director of security in the Palace and the Director General to talk about the challenges we face when going about our everyday work. I have raised the…09 May 2019HANSARDParliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) BillToday, the Government publish the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill, which seeks to establish the statutory bodies that will be responsible for the…08 May 2019HANSARDRestoration and RenewalToday, the Government publishes its response to the Joint Committee’s report on the draft Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill. The Joint Committee published its…07 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising this issue. Quite often in the House, colleagues raise rare and unusual forms of cancers and other illnesses, and it is absolutely right…02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman makes a good point, and I am happy to look into it. Perhaps I can meet him to discuss it further. I will bear in mind his point about 16 May, as I was…02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman raises an issue that sounds of concern. I am sure he will have taken this up directly, in his own way, with the Prime Minister’s office. However, I think it is…02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend makes an excellent proposal, and I agree that the Gujarati community has made a significant contribution to the United Kingdom. I pay tribute to him for raising…02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOh I think he did.02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Lady makes a serious accusation, and hon. Members frequently raise particular constituency problems. I am always sympathetic to individual issues, and have raised a…02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI am sorry to hear from the hon. Gentleman that there has been no progress on the meeting. I will certainly make contact with the Department again and remind them of that…02 May 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMy hon. Friend makes excellent recommendations, and since 2010 the Government have been delivering on our ambition to be the greenest Government ever. I look forward to…02 May 2019